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Ada band member learning to play musical chess this year

By Monty Siekerman
Ada High School marching band members heft large chess pieces, which are part of this year's show titled "Rise of the Pawns."

The band and color guard performed for residents of Vancrest on Wednesday outside near the nursing home.

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The musicians and flag dancers perform on a giant black and white tarp that resembles a chessboard.

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA BATH - The Ada cross country teams competed in another warm meet at the Bath Invitational Tuesday evening.

"It is meets like this that remind me that cross country is probably the friendliest sport around," said coach Josh Klein. "Our times were a direct result of the heat. It is a really cool experience to see fellow coaches, crowd members, and other athletes rally around one another when someone was struggling, or simply walking because they were overheated."  

Joyce Elaine Cupples, 74, was welcomed home by God on September 27, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Monticello, WI after a 2 year battle with metastatic ovarian cancer. 

Joyce was born on Feburary 12, 1943 in Bluffton to the late Grant Wayne and Pauline Mae (Badertscher) Zimmerman. 

She was proceded in death by her husband John Fox, of Ada, Ohio and was married to Robert Cupples on August 7th, 2010. 

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team lost a 9-1 bout to local non-league rival Cory-Rawson Wednesday evening.

 

Ada fell to 2-8 with the defeat.

 

Katie Butterfield scored the lone Lady Bulldog goal on an assist from Gizrem Tanriverdi.

 

Ada senior keeper Anney Archer made seven saves in goal, while Kenzie Long added six saves. C-R out-shot the Bulldogs, 22-5.

 

Ada hosts Coldwater Saturday, September 30 at 10 a.m.

Meri Skilliter, Ada Schools superintendent, spoke at the Lions Club meeting on Wednesday. She discussed the need for passing the renewal levy in November to continue the remarkable education provided to students in the school district.

At left is Bernie Mackey, club president. She was invited to speak and was introduced by Kevin Mierzejewski (right).

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